Sled watering-fountain.



B.` H. G EDGE. SLED WATERING FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.3| I9I4.

Patented Nov. 30, '1915.

WIT/VESSES:

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' SLE-WATERING-JSOUMMN.`

i Patented Nov. so, 1915,.

' i specieation of Leftersratet.

Application filed August 3, 19714. vSerial No. 854,659.

To all whom t may concern: i l A .y n VBeit known that I, BURTON I-I. GEDGE, a

` citizen of the United States, residing at'An'- derson, inthe county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Sled Watering-Fountain, of whichthe fol-V lowing is a specification.

In the use of stock watering fountains, 1t is vdesirable to be able to readily transport the fountains to and from the water supply and it has heretofore been common to provide such drinking fountains with supporting runners forming a sled to facilitate such transportation, but in such devices it has been found that they runners are apt to cut into soft ground; the comparatively thin drinking pan beinjured by rocks and other unevennesses in the surface over whichV the Vstructure is transported; and leaks causedV in the pan owing to the comparatively unavoidable racking of the pan during transportation.

lT he object of my inventionis` to produce aesimple, cheap and efficient 'sled structure for drinking fountains, which will obviate these diiiculties. f

The. accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Y

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the com-V plete apparatus; Fig. 2V a fragmentary longitudinal vertical section showingjthe conf nection between the' drinking pan and the supporting corrugated runner section; `and F ig. 3 a transverse vertical section through the drinking pan and runner section. Y

t In the drawings, 10 indicates the drinkn ing panV of any desiredV form, preferably having upwardly inclined" ends 11,11 and a bracing frame of angle iron 12 around itsV top. The pan l0 is most conveniently formedV of comparatively light galvanized sheet metal incapable of withstanding, for any considerable period, being dragged over the ground and,` therefore,I provide, as a supporting sled or runner for the structure, aV bottom of heavy corrugated" metal 13, the corrugations runningk lengthwise and the ends being Vturned upwardlyso that the tips Y thereof may be secured bylrivets or bolts 14 passing through the depending arm ofl th'erend irons 12, the pan being thus held upon the runner. Guard bows l5 ,have

their ends attached rtothe/side irons l2 and project upwardly to prevent sidewiseoverturning of the reservoir or fountain structure lwhich may be of any desired form ,Y and preferably removably placed in the pan f" A ksuitable yoke 18 may* be `attached tof i either or bothof the end irons y12 so that i I l the [structuremay be readily hauled along the ground and, as the pulling force isthus applied directly to the end of the corrugated sled structure, there will be practically no racking of the pan.

By the above Vconstruction a sled structure of. the least possible -height isV produced,

thusreducingj to afminimnm the possibilityV A.

of overturning, and rendering the drinking panwithin easy reach Vof small stock, which is not the'case where supporting runners, forming a sled, are used. The'corrugat'ed sled portion is both laterally and longitudinally very stiff and, as it will engage theY ground practically throughout its entire area, it can be hauled over very soft surfaces with the expenditure of a minimum amount of force. l .A

I claim as my invention:

l. In a device of the class described, a i

pan and a runner bottom supporting said pan, said runner bottom being formed of a longitudinally corrugated sheet having an up-turned end.

'2. In aV device of the class described',ra runner bottom formedA of a longitudinally corrugated sheet having an rip-turned end,. and liquid retaining` members associated" with said Vrunner bottom and carried' thereby. s t `3.In a device ofthe class described, a runner bottom formed of a longitudinally corrugated sheet up-turned at both ends,` and liquid retaining members associated with said sheetand carried thereby.

L1. In a. device of the class described, a

runner bottom formed of a" longitudinally Y corrugated sheet having its opposite ends vner bottom between said up-turned ends.l Y

Y runner 1 bottom formed of a.v longitudinally` Y v the upperrfa'ce of said sheet. w

f copis of this patentrmay be ,obtained for v cents ambyrgaa'essng the In witness whereof, I have hereunto set lmy hand Vat Indianapolis, Indiana,` this-15 l thirty-first day of July, A. D. one thousand .5.In a' device of the class described,v a., ninezhundred and fourteen.v v ,BURTONHERBERT GEDGE.

up-turned, and a pan placed upon said runcorrugated sheet .heving an 'up-turned eid Witnisee: and materlal-retalnlng members carriedbyl Y FRED F.7BARR? y F. Gl; MUSTARD.

Commissioner o1' Patents, 

